alliance vs synergy

alliance

noun
  • The act of allying or uniting. 

  • Marriage. 

  • The persons or parties allied. 

  • The state of being allied. 

  • A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league. 

  • Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity. 

synergy

noun
  • Benefits resulting from combining different groups, people, objects or processes. 

  • The cooperation of two or more nerves, muscles, organs, etc. 

  • A synonym of binding energy. 

  • The combined action of two or more drugs where the effects are stronger than their mere sum. 

How often have the words alliance and synergy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )